I created an extraordinary era

Chapter 662 Returning Home to Inquire About the Way
"It's been quite a while since I've been back!"

Looking at the town that was almost identical to her memories, a hint of longing flashed in Fu Hong's eyes.

Since he went to work in Jiangcheng, he has rarely had the opportunity to come back.

Later, after embarking on the path of extraordinary abilities, he became even busier with cultivation and all sorts of other matters.

With the establishment of Xinyuan City.

In recent years, he has even spent very little time returning to Earth.

Fu Hongkang walked slowly down the street, a long-lost sense of peace welling up in his heart.

The uneven cement road stretched out underfoot, and the shops on both sides were quite old, with many of their signs already fallen off.

Several elderly people were playing chess on a stone bench at the street corner. When they saw his unfamiliar face, they only glanced up at him before immersing themselves back in their battle on the Chu River and Han Border.

soon.

He had already arrived at Tanglin Village.

The population of the village is undoubtedly smaller than that of the town.

Fu Hongkang still remembers that when he came to Xia Yuan's house for dinner more than 30 years ago, almost every household had someone standing at the door talking and laughing, and the road was full of people coming and going.

Today, almost 80 percent of the houses are vacant, with peeling paint revealing the mottled bricks underneath.

There were hardly any people on the road, and only a few houses had wisps of smoke rising from their chimneys.

It actually added a touch of life to this desolate scene.

As he walked to the end of the road, Fu Hongkang immediately spotted two figures sitting at the doorway, and a small fox with two tails.

A fox with two tails?
Fu Hongkang was stunned for a moment, and his steps slowed down subconsciously.

The little fox, perched on the stone steps at the courtyard gate eating, was pure white, its fur gleaming like satin in the thin sunlight.

Those clear, bright blue eyes were tilting their heads, curiously examining themselves.

Upon meeting that gaze, Fu Hongkang suddenly felt a wave of dizziness.

Although it was only for a moment, a bead of cold sweat involuntarily rolled down his forehead.

You should know that he is now at the sixth level of the Transcendent Realm.

Those who can influence one's spirit must be at least grandmasters.

This little fox is actually a demon beast at the Grandmaster level?
He couldn't help but swallow.

Are you kidding me?
"Hmph, if you dare to scare anyone again, I'll stew you in a hot pot right now."

Xia Yuan snorted coldly and spoke indifferently.

The little fox whimpered and shrank its neck, its two fluffy ears drooping instantly, its blue eyes brimming with tears and aggrieved expression.

It nuzzled Xia Yuan's wrist affectionately with its head, then stuck out its pink little tongue to lick his fingers, while its two restless tails swayed gently in a similar manner.

"Get out of here!"

With a laugh and a curse, Xia Yuan ignored this clown.

He looked at Fu Hongkang in the distance and called out:

"Don't just stand there like an idiot!"

"I've been waiting for you for ages, the food's going to get cold!"

Upon hearing this, Fu Hongkang snapped out of his astonishment and quickly strode into the courtyard.

"Brother Yuan, Lao Hua!"

"Old Fu, so the guest the teacher was talking about was you!"

Hua Changfeng smiled.

He was naturally familiar with Fu Hongkang.

After all, they had all trained at the Origin Academy for a long time.

Moreover, thanks to Xia Yuan's instructions, he and Fu Hongkang had a fairly good relationship.

However, since Fu Hongkang and others left Origin Academy and went out to establish the Heavenly Gang Alliance, they have had little contact with each other!

The last time I saw him was at his father's funeral.

What brings you here this time?

Fu Hongkang smiled.

"I've reached the bottleneck of the mid-stage of Dark Force in my martial arts realm, so I've come to ask Brother Yuan for some guidance."

Hua Changfeng nodded, not surprised at all.

Since the teacher could help him break through to the late stage of Dark Force, he could naturally help Fu Hongkang as well.

"Speaking of which, your Heavenly Gang Alliance has become increasingly famous over the years!"

"I've heard a lot about you guys over the past six months."

Fu Hongkang waved his hand.

"You hear about it a lot because we have a larger presence in Hanzhou."

"Outside of Hanzhou, they can't compare to Eternal, Starry Sky, and Thunder Palace!"

What he said was indeed the truth.

The core of the Tiangang Alliance on Earth is Hanzhou, where things like the spiritual plant cultivation base and the extraordinary medicine research institute are located.

In addition, the psionic matrix and extraordinary weapons currently under development are also located in Hanzhou.

In other continents, there are basically only a few martial arts schools and offline shops.

There's no way around it; there are indeed quite a few top-tier forces in the Nine Provinces.

The Eternal Palace, Star Palace, and Thunder Palace, which I just mentioned, all have Grandmasters.

Although their Heavenly Gang Alliance has a considerable number of Grandmasters, their high-end combat strength is indeed much weaker.

Therefore, the only option is to focus on consolidating Hanzhou's core customer base.

However, the Heavenly Gang Alliance didn't pay too much attention to it; their current focus was still on the Moon Star.

After all, most of the human race's extraordinary individuals are on the moon.

Earth is merely used as a research and development base and a talent selection site.

However, due to their importance, almost half of the Grandmasters of the Heavenly Gang Alliance are stationed in these bases for extended periods.

The other factions are similar.

Like the Dawn Society, all of their core strongholds are planted with a large number of spiritual plants.

This kind of place definitely needs to be overseen by top experts.

Although it is almost impossible for Earth to launch such an attack on a supernatural force now, it is still a precaution.

Otherwise, if other forces infiltrate and sabotage it, the losses will be incalculable.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore!"

After exchanging a few words, Fu Hongkang smiled and changed the subject.

Before he came, Qin Zhi had already told him to try not to talk too much about the Heavenly Gang Alliance.

Therefore, he also mentioned the incidents of members of the Tiangang Alliance being intercepted and killed in recent years.

As he spoke, he pointed to the little fox who had obediently squatted in the corner, holding its rice bowl and eating small bites, but whose blue eyes kept stealing glances at them from time to time.

"Brother Yuan, what's going on? Why are you raising a demonic beast?"

"And why is she so docile?"

He had long been curious about this little fox that seemed to be at the Grandmaster level!

The monsters he had encountered in the past, though not unintelligent, were all filled with wariness and even hostility toward humans.

Like the one before me, the atmosphere is so peaceful that it can even get along with people.

Fu Hongkang had never even heard of him, let alone seen him.

So I finally couldn't help but ask at this moment.

"Hehe, this little guy is one I brought back from the northern ice plains."

Xia Yuan smiled and then briefly explained the reason to Fu Hongkang.

"You mean, as long as we prevent the monsters from going out of control when they awaken, their ferocity will be greatly reduced?"

Fu Hongkang's eyes widened; it was clearly the first time he had ever heard of such a thing.

"Ah."

"However, this is just my guess, and I'm not entirely sure if it's true."

"It could also be related to their personalities."

"Those monsters that are inherently cold-blooded will not be much less ferocious no matter what."

"In other words, the increased intelligence is not enough to suppress the ferocity!"

"Unless their strength increases to the Unity Realm or even the True Spirit Realm, there will probably be a significant change."

"Of course, no matter what kind of monster it is, it probably won't be very friendly to humans."

Upon hearing this, Fu Hongkang couldn't help but look at the rather well-behaved little fox beside him.

Doesn't it look quite peaceful?

Seemingly guessing Fu Hongkang's thoughts, Hua Changfeng said with a smile:

"If you had the strength of a teacher, even the most ferocious monsters would behave very peacefully."

"For example, would a demonic beast at the Body Tempering Realm dare to bare its teeth in front of you?"

"That's true!"

When the power gap becomes large enough, any creature will instinctively suppress its hostility and show obedience or even ingratiation.

This is the instinct for survival.

Of course, this requires a certain level of wisdom.

Without intelligence, one is nothing more than a beast.

Acting solely on instinct makes them even more reckless and harder to communicate with.

Fu Hongkang's gaze fell on the little fox again.

"Brother Yuan, did this little fox grow its second tail after it became a demon beast?"

"Ok!"

"If its strength continues to increase, does that mean its tail will continue to grow?"

"maybe!"

Xia Yuan nodded.

"Maybe it will turn into a three-tailed, four-tailed, or even the legendary nine-tailed fox in the future."

Nine-tailed fox?

Upon hearing this, a hint of amazement and anticipation flashed in Fu Hongkang's eyes.

This is a life form that only exists in myths and legends, but I never thought that it would actually have the opportunity to appear in real life.

However, only those at the Grandmaster level have two tails. What kind of strength would it take to have nine tails?
True Spirit Realm, or above True Spirit Realm?
However, the True Spirit Realm is currently the highest realm known to humankind. Many people speculate that Xia Yuan should be at this realm.

As for those above the True Spirit Realm?
Let's not even talk about whether we can cultivate to that level.

Even if it were possible, how long would it take?
Hundreds of years or thousands of years?

It's not an exaggeration to say that even the martial arts master Nangong Hong took twenty-five years to reach the Unity Realm, and thousands of years to reach the True Spirit Realm or higher.

That's far too long!

He most likely won't live to see that time.

After all, even those at the Unity Realm only have a lifespan of three hundred years; only by breaking through to the True Spirit Realm can one live for a thousand years.

But in reality, Fu Hongkang wasn't very confident about breaking through to the Unity Realm.

Just then, Xia Yuan spoke up:
"Myna, you should let go of some people too!"

"Otherwise, it will become your biggest obstacle when you try to condense your divine soul later."

Upon hearing this, Fu Hongkang trembled, then forced a smile onto his face:
"Brother Yuan, you're overthinking it. I've long since let go of what happened back then."

"is it?"

".Um!"

Xia Yuan shook his head helplessly.

The last time I heard Qin Zhi say that Fu Hongkang had been visiting a woman frequently over the years and had been secretly helping her.

Qin Zhi didn't know who this woman was, but Xia Yuan knew without even thinking.

Xia Yuan never expected that Fu Hongkang would still remember the other party, who was already married and even had grandchildren.

certainly,.

Fu Hongkang never met the other party; he only watched from a distance.

Xia Yuan felt rather speechless.

Why are there so many lovestruck people among the people I know?

First Huang Shang, and now it's Fu Hongkang.

The former is easier to say.

If the latter does not emerge from this state, it will not be an easy task to condense their divine soul.

Fortunately, both Qin Zhi and Song Xiaotong were quite rational.

Qin Zhi is the one with the strongest willpower and ability among Xia Yuan's friends.

The only problem is that his talent is a little lacking.

As for Song Xiaotong, she understands this better than anyone else.

Both of them know exactly what they want and know how to make choices.

Even if someone like that is slightly less talented, they can still go much further in the future.

He paused, then his gaze returned to Fu Hongkang.

"Myna, some things, just because you say you've let go, don't mean they're really gone."

"It will take root in the deepest part of your consciousness, usually without showing any signs of activity, but you will understand when you try to condense your divine soul later. You cannot condense your divine soul without passing this test!"

Fu Hongkang's smile froze completely, his lips moved as if he wanted to explain something.

But they found that any words seemed pale and powerless under Xia Yuan's calm gaze.

He simply lowered his head and remained silent.

Xia Yuan sighed.

The biggest enemy in the challenge of concentrating one's spirit is actually oneself.

If you can't overcome it, you'll waste your life. If you do, the world will be your oyster.

This is something he can only do himself; there's no point in him saying anything more.

"Let's eat!"

"Ok!"

……

Over the next few days, Xia Yuan didn't continue the topic.

Fu Hongkang's most important task right now is to break through to the late stage of Dark Force in martial arts.

The realm of martial arts is the fundamental thing.

If one cannot break through to the late stage of Dark Force, then even breaking through to Grandmaster will take a very long time, so there's no point in talking about condensing one's divine soul!
After all, one still needs to wait until becoming a Grandmaster to be qualified to practice visualization techniques.

Everything will have to wait until Fu Hongkang breaks through to the Grandmaster level.

However, it must be said that Fu Hongkang's foundation is quite good.

He was at least able to forcibly remember most of the martial arts rhythms that I had instilled in him.

Based on this situation, it is estimated that he can break through to the late stage of Dark Force in at most six months.

Of course, this is on the premise that Xia Yuan continuously helps him deepen his understanding and invests a lot of resources in supplying him.

If converted to contribution points, it would probably cost at least four or five thousand.

That means Fu Hongkang and a few others.

If it were anyone else, Xia Yuan would never have gone to such lengths.

There's no way around it; it's just too energy-consuming and resource-intensive.

Moreover, he is currently only at the late stage of Dark Force, and it will probably be even more difficult and require more resources to break through to the peak of Dark Force in the future.

As for neutralizing force.

Xia Yuan didn't even know if they could force themselves to remember it.

After all, breakthroughs in major realms are different from breakthroughs in minor realms; the gap between them is enormous.

It's not so easy to remember!
During this period, apart from necessary rest, Fu Hongkang devoted almost all his time to enlightenment and cultivation.

The little fox and Hua Changfeng also seized every opportunity to cultivate.

The two humans and the beast would spar and exchange techniques from time to time.

With Fu Hongkang and Little Fox working together, they weren't entirely helpless.

The main reason is that the little fox has extremely strong mental interference ability, which can even have some effect on Hua Changfeng, who is at the Grandmaster level.

In addition, Fu Hongkang's combat ability is significantly stronger than Hua Changfeng's.

Nevertheless, both the human and the beast were still at a disadvantage.

After all, Hua Changfeng not only had a higher cultivation level, but his martial arts realm had also reached the late stage of Dark Force.

There's no way he could be defeated by two Transcendent Level 6 cultivators.

If we replace them with the grandmasters from the Grandmaster Ranking, then there is hope!

Days passed by, and time moved slowly and peacefully.

Fu Hongkang could clearly feel that the bottleneck that had been troubling him for so long was gradually loosening under the influence of Xia Yuan's vast, star-like martial arts rhythm.

He was captivated by the progress he could feel every moment.

And in the meantime.

Uncle Ding's family and Zhang Changsheng also come over often.

half year ago.

When Xia Yuan went to Hancheng to visit Uncle Ding's family, he learned that Xia Yuan was going to move back to Panlong Town to live permanently, so he decided to move back with them.

Their family, especially Uncle Ding and Aunt Ding, had wanted to move back home for a long time.

Xia Yuan's return was merely a catalyst that made them make up their minds.

After all, Uncle Ding is already 99 years old.

Ding Hai is almost seventy years old, so he is thinking of returning to his roots and enjoying his old age in Panlong Town.

Although Uncle Ding is nearly 100 years old, he is still in good health and has a vigorous spirit. He often walks around with a cane.

It looks like he can live for a few more years.

Aunt Ding was always busy preparing all sorts of food, trying different ways to cook delicious meals for Xia Yuan and the others.

Zhang Changsheng moved back several years ago.

The main reason was that there were more and more extraordinary people in Nansha City, and there were not many acquaintances. In addition, Zhang Yao was getting busier and busier, so she did not continue to stay.

Speaking of Zhang Yao, fifteen years have passed, and she has already reached the sixth level of the Transcendent Realm.

The cultivation speed in the mid-stage of Dark Force is relatively fast before reaching the Grandmaster level.

As for breaking through to the Grandmaster level, that will take much longer!

It may take another ten or even twenty years before that becomes possible.

However, she is not very old now, only in her early fifties.

If one can break through the bottleneck of the late stage of Dark Force within the next thirty years, breaking through to the Unity Realm should not be difficult.

Of the three, only Zhang Changsheng and Xia Yuan had a relatively good relationship.

Du Yu and Li Zhengde are no longer in Panlong Town!
Li Zhengde was transferred to Seoul in his early years.

I heard that both of his children were admitted to prestigious universities.

Although it's not one of the top five universities, it's still pretty good!

As for Du Yu
According to Zhang Changsheng, Du Yu's son, after graduating from Haicheng Extraordinary University, did not get into the Extraordinary Academy, but he joined the Extraordinary Affairs Bureau of Haizhou.

More than a decade has passed, and he has now become a transcendent being at the Innate Realm.

Therefore, after retiring, Du Yu moved to Haicheng and lived a pretty good life!

"Speaking of which, Old Du was just talking to me a while ago, saying his grandson is almost in high school. Time really flies!"

Zhang Changsheng sighed and took a sip of the hot tea that Aunt Ding had just brewed.

"So many years have passed in the blink of an eye, we've all grown old!"

Uncle Ding, leaning on his cane, chimed in with a chuckle:
"Little Yuan, you haven't changed, but we old folks are getting old!"

"Uncle Ding, you have more energy than many young people."

Hua Changfeng smiled and flattered him from the side.

"Hahaha, no way, no way!"

Uncle Ding spoke modestly, but the wrinkles on his face relaxed as he smiled.

Looking at the people around him, Xia Yuan sighed silently.

Before long, I'm afraid I'll never see these familiar faces again!
The reason he chose to return to live here was that he wanted to spend as much time as possible with these old friends and watch them complete their ordinary yet heartwarming lives.

The path to transcendence is long, and he may spend an extremely long time in the future.

And the people around him were also part of his Dao heart.

Anchored to the fundamental nature of being "human," so as not to lose oneself in the vast power.
(End of this chapter)